Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we frequently fail to hospitably pursue what makes for peace and mutual upbuilding with our siblings for whom Christ died (Romans 14:13-19). We c...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you toconfessour sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. Weconfessthat we often try to take Your place as Judge and neglect our role as siblings of one another in Christ (Romans 14:10-12). Weconfessthese things before...

Dear Baptized Ones, This coming Sunday we are invited to participate in the baptism of Edmund Wesley Maphet as part of our worship in Romans 14:5-9. What a blessing to be included in this sacramental reminder of the interdependence of the weak and strong within the body of Christ! Just as God's grace was at work before Edmund was born as many of us prayed in our helpl...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we frequently fail to honor You and give thanks to You in all that we do in Jesus' name (Romans 14:5-9). We confess these things before You becau...

Dear Family at Christ Community, We are invited this coming Sunday to gather in worship to hear the Lord God Almighty from Romans 14:1-4 as well as the other elements in our liturgy. By His grace, our Abba Father welcomes us also to His table to taste again of His redemptive goodness to us in Jesus the Christ. What a staggering image of the truly Strong welcoming the ...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we often choose to quarrel over opinions with those weak in faith instead of seeking to build up and edify through hospitality (Romans 14:1-4). W...

Dear Family at Christ Community, This Sunday we will celebrate God's love for us in Christ from John 3:16-21. As part of our celebration, we will prayerfully send the Stock family to share God's love in Malaysia. We will also receive the gift of Brian serving us the Lord's Supper. The celebration of God's love will continue with a picnic at Swift Cantrell Park followi...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before You to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we sometimes love the darkness more than the light that You've sent in Jesus because of Your redemptive love for the world (John 3:16-21). We con...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that in our disorientation we often fail to orient according to Your character, honestly confess our disorientation, and reorient in obedience accordin...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we often vainly work for our own security and successinstead of building up the family of God (Psalm 127). We confess these things before You bec...